Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-13

general favOrite with the old and yc---
by reason OF e peculiar current Of coIm-
sense and usefulness underlying in.el,
enthusiasm in the good things Of life.
Sn5 possessed many faults, hut sle Ti;
q devoted daughter, faithful friend, s.,
is en- id0latrous wife; ell the ferycr o.
ney poetic IA uEe is now merged .1t5 CT.
channel.
The vein of CONSCIOUSNESS which chs.
acscfizas much OF her poetry rd1s g.
through her personality, tsstes $3.50
position, but is fortunately g0yaTltt 81
guided by strong common seLse. AS-
baIite by nature, she Can adapt Ler>-. y
any condition life nsy impose.
As girl she brought much adverse ca.
icism upon herself from the severe JUICE.
of the world, through too CREST s. love q.
pleasure end admiration, TOO y5.1q.1--'
and uIcsrefuI literary methods, sac :
hsstY temper.
Time has cured ali these faults save III
LITTER.
The fair poetess is c perfect little len.
pest when aroused, which is never WI
out fair cause. Au eye witness Of OLE q
her late justihable storms, sid to me 'll
she felt as il she wanted lightning 70.
bout her person ct the time. In one o.
her own poems she gays: "IAe s12"
luTked U1deT the demon in ne"
Somebody hiss minated that she l'~
sessed ga good deal more Of TIE t]rls'
but the latter has been more bisa.y cl-"
waited"
The wife Of one Of Wisconsin, mi.L'-
sire king tells me that N her native So
the gifted poetess was more beloved u
her personal qualities than her intellect
alltY, and many loved the WCmio Wy
would not indoTse her writings S--~
her marriage she has published 0u. u,
book, "Bdal MCulle," g novel, stt.a.--
and remarkable work in its way, ca. a. ~.
Of new and advaIc5G ideas for VICE. -
public is not ready. lad
Many q sermon will have TO be prlEC--'
TO cover the ground Nal MOuile has oO-,.
Her poems nave LoticEably impr1'e-[-
refinement end strength stree msI!i's.
This is due no doubt TO cOEs.sE- assVI---
ton with one OF the ablest sDd no-.'-
tured literary critics Of the day. .-.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox has & Gei.c'.5 -
vigorous physique. a casual ore.
would lot imagine her oYer-tTen-I-e..ss--.
Naturally of q Joyous and hsPpy disyO--.
tiGn she is subject 80 periods Of .LolV..-. =.
melancholy. she dresses quietly u re-
street and artisticGiiY in the house -. -,
literary circles of New York have - -
seal Of commentator upon ter "o.A'-r
she is received with open SINS IN so--s.
the mCs:GeNghtful social circles II II -, -
Her beneYolenCe is unique IS lei 80 -,
A constant source Ct distress 10 -
this regard is being compalied 0! -.
| lessons Of experience to close EeI pc
| book before the demands OF the ul"e- -
and limit her charities to cases |l-C- T..
personally investigates. One u =.
/ strongest characteristics is her N.e: Z.
lzious faith coupled with .ntGlelA-..' h,
creeds. She seldom attends cnuI.-
has the most implicit faith ID g1'1 II,
| Sincerity and truth are her csTcloa -.o,.;
| tues. The favor CT kings end l! 80.
could not tempt her TO depart troE i.'' s..
, She is fearlessly and fesTiuDy lrsLai, ~
sains and retains more friends tA1N ,5ar
who rely upon policy to Carly 80 p
| through the world. do not 0e-Is -,.ri,j
magnetism but If any one in the m ,,;,,:
ever did possess 1t she does. Oos .I,ri
has seid, "She draws sll men 10 hs l,~I
almost ell women" So success.
woman, she has few il any i'll "-.D,ij,s
being possessed Of faculty Of GlsA,-.srs
rivalry. l attriouss this 10 her sl ~. d
and Interested pleasure II the sGccs'1
! others. 1or;J
Mrs. Wilcox lost her only child, > M
boy, after one brief day OF life, y55
she is now making her home IN NJ s@
city, near the Central Park, II co Est.
nest of rooms most artisticslly DEF
WILLIAM j. "